Monday, December 10: Made in Massachusetts

UPDATED 5:55 AM EST Dec 11, 2012

Stockbridge’s Red Lion Inn is known for its country charm – but have you noticed the curtains? Country Curtains is a western Massachusetts powerhouse, employing more than five hundred people and selling to millions of customers. Also tonight … we found out who puts the pita bread in supermarkets and restaurants throughout the region when we visit Brockton’s Near East Bakery. And we see how one company is keeping New England’s textile tradition alive at Merida Carpet in Fall River.

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The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, famous for its country charm, has been home to another quaint local attraction…country curtains.

Every week a million pounds of dough leaves the 60,000 square foot near East Bakery in the form of bagels…tortilla wraps…and pita bread. The Brockton business is a family affair owned by brothers Elie, Abraham and Al Ata.

Merida of Fall River, Massachusetts makes all-natural fiber area rugs and carpet. Materials used include sisal, jute, hemp, leather and a full line of all-wool rugs, that may be custom ordered and colored.